READ: Revelation 2:10
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” – 1 Corinthians 4:2
God sent a message to the Smyrna church. They had great works! They had great achievements! They had been through tribulations! They had survived poverty. They had endured the blasphemy of those from the synagogue of Satan. What great achievements these were!
Yet God asked for a little bit more. A little bit more of what? A little bit more faithfulness! Faithfulness in the face of ten days of tribulation is all that was required (Revelation 2:10). Think of a lifetime of faithful service to God. All that the Lord wanted from them was another ten days of faithful service.
There are many churches that need a little more faithfulness and a little more loyalty. Many churches have a good pastor, a powerful anointing, a powerful congregation. But they need a little more loyalty.
Without loyalty and faithfulness, your church becomes a zoo of rebellious people. A church of three thousand people can be reduced to a church of a hundred members because of disloyalty. I know a pastor who claimed that he could have had fifty thousand members if it had not been for a lack of faithfulness.
You can see that a little bit of loyalty is required in order to finish God’s work. Can’t you do just a little bit more?
Can’t you be a little bit more faithful? Can’t you survive a little longer?
Can’t you introduce loyalty and faithfulness into the church? Sometimes a church is just about to grow and break forth, but people miss the day of great things because of a lack of faithfulness.